A hot bath is for me is the best moment to do this. I let my mind loose not thinking about anything specific. My wife think I am in this state continuously but that's another discussion :).
Of course, using a hammock outside here in January/February by -25 Celsius would literally freeze my mind (I live in Montreal, Quebec) Lying down seems to be essential for this to work at least for me. It's not sleeping, it's being in that intermediate state just before falling into it. I have been doing this for years and it's only with Rich's presentation that I realized that this stuff was no accident. It's an efficient thinking process and it's not restricted to my bath. I remember mornings where I woke up and wrote solutions on paper, they literally popped in my mind suddenly by the moment I woke up. Luc P. On Thu, 9 Jun 2011 19:09:34 +0200 Brian Marick <mar...@exampler.com> wrote: > > On Jun 9, 2011, at 3:27 PM, Jules wrote: > > I'd also like to say this - TAKE THE HAMMOCK BIT SERIOUSLY - there > > is a growing body or research that indicates that you can problem > > solve better lying down. This may stem from the release of certain > > hormones, increased blood supply, maybe simply the fact that you > > are not wasting cycles and bandwidth trying to stay upright etc... > > I heard Guy Steele say he gets his best ideas in the shower. Since he > has more brilliant ideas than any ten impressive people, he must take > a lot of showers. > > I too get my best ideas in the shower. Or on long walks. > > Mileage varies. > > ----- > Brian Marick, Artisanal Labrador > Contract programming in Ruby and Clojure > Occasional consulting on Agile > www.exampler.com, www.twitter.com/marick > -- Luc P. ================ The rabid Muppet -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Clojure" group. To post to this group, send email to clojure@googlegroups.com Note that posts from new members are moderated - please be patient with your first post. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to clojure+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/clojure?hl=en
